Confused about Recs...

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by 33girl

If you were a founding sister, that's a bit different as (I'm guessing) you were interviewed by national personnel and would have their direct recommendation to become a member.

Yes, thats what happened in my case, I was trying to understand how it normally is..

[KSUViolet06]

At schools with more competitive recruitments (i.e. Ole Miss, Alabama, LSU, etc) recs are essential. At some schools, you won't make it past first round without them. At others, you don't need them at all.

My school was like yours. I'd never even heard of recs until after I joined my sorority and heard alumnae talk about them. We didn't need them at all. The only girls coming through recruitment who had recs were legacies whose relatives had written them.

I'd venture to say that at most schools, you don't really need recs. It's just a small percentage of really competitive recruitments with lots of PNMs that require them.